Somewhere in the multiverse, there could be universes more predisposed to forming stars, and possibly life, than our own universe —- and a new study has shown that it's all thanks to the most unlikely of suspects: dark energy.
A team of scientists has explored how the strength of dark energy directly affects how easily stars form, and it turns out that the strength of dark energy in our universe doesn't lead to the most efficient star factories. In fact, the researchers say that if you select a random observer from anywhere in the multiverse, chances are they'd come from a universe where the strength of dark energy is much greater than it is in our universe.
